Chapter Forty-Eight: Homecoming
Zhang Luo understood now.
Secretary Liu should be the Facebook official I saw last time in the back mountain.
It turns out that father and son have always been eyeing Zhenhaiwei.
Kang Jiaoyu went on to say:
"I haven't been in Jinjiang County for a long time."
"I will not get involved in the dispute between the county government and the health center."
"As long as you study hard, you will gain fame."
"These so-called petty officials don't have anything to worry about."
Zhang Luo nodded several times.
Kang Jiaoyu said with satisfaction:
"The county school will start classes next month."
"I'll discuss the key points of the child test with you again."
"Read that notebook carefully."
Zhang Luo said gratefully:
"Teacher, please don't worry, I will definitely do what the teacher says."
After saying goodbye to Kang Jiaoyu.
Zhang Luo met Zhang Changwei who was waiting outside the county school.
Zhang Luo asked Zhang Changwei:
"Chang Weiwei, is there an iron shop in the county?"
"Ironware shop? The ironware in Brother Zhangluo County is not cheap."
"We all practice iron in our guardhouse ourselves."
Zhang Luo also wants to unlock more skills.
He said to Zhang Changwei:
"It's getting dark today."
"It's not safe to go out of town late at night."
"It's better to leave tomorrow morning."
"I have some new tools here."
"I wonder if I can make it in the iron shop."
After hearing what Zhang Luo meant.
Zhang Changwei understood.
There are also blacksmiths in Zhenhaiwei.
But the level of carpentry is much worse than that of Zhang Changwen.
Some iron tools used for farming are basically unusable.
Zhang Changwei said:
"The iron in Jinjiang is pretty good."
"There are also many capable blacksmiths."
"But the blacksmith shops are all in the south of the city."
"I might have to rest after a while."
"We have to hurry over there."
Zhang Changwei took Zhang Luo through the main street.
Walk to the southern part of the county.
Zhang Luo smelled a strong iron core smell while walking.
Zhang Luo looked up.
I saw vast black smoke drifting from the houses in front.
A gust of wind blew.
Zhang Luo was so choked that he coughed several times.
I can't even open my eyes.
Zhang Luo did not expect that the scale of Jinjiang's iron-making industry was quite large.
Zhang Changwei stood up straight this time and said:
"Jinjiang Iron Industry has a great reputation throughout Fujian."
"Exit through the south gate of the county seat."
"Not far away is a large iron mine."
"There are also some official mines with nearly a thousand people."
Zhang Luo looked surprised and visited several iron shops with Zhang Changwei.
Finally the system beeped.
[The iron shop location has been unlocked and ironworking skills can be learned. Do you want to receive the knowledge? 】
"Receive knowledge!"
After visiting a row of blacksmith shops.
Zhang Luo asked Zhang Changwei to take him to the sugar house again.
Also received the knowledge of "sugar industry" skills.
Then he reunited with the two little boys from his tribe.
Zhang Luo spent another night catching farm insects in the small hut.
It's early morning on the second day.
Zhang Luo had dark circles under his eyes.
Woke up two babies.
Several people are preparing to return to Zhenhaiwei.
This trip to the county town.
Zhang Luo not only completed the child examination registration.
There are countless new skills to unlock.
Just arrived at the gate of the county town.
My luck wasn't very good this time either.
Zhang Luo and others met the food delivery team sent to Fuzhou Prefecture on the road.
This group of people made quite a scene.
Zhang Luo made an estimate.
There were about seventy or eighty people in the food delivery team.
They are all young men.
The grain trucks are full of grain.
At the front hangs the word "Daxing".
It is obvious that the government hired private gangs to help transport food.
The so-called gangs are equivalent to the evil societies of the 21st century.
Not much different from the death row gang in the county.
Belongs to a group that works among the people.
Of course it's better than the gang of death row gangs that run rampant in the county every day.
The livelihood of a businessman is still much more stable.
They rarely take on the private work of village guards.
They all take government jobs.
Escort food and help protect officials when traveling.
Zhang Changwei held Zhang and Luo tightly.
Pointing to the industry flag in front of him, he said:
"Don't get too close."
"People in these trades are no different from Japanese pirates outside the city."
"Don't let them steal anything."
When Zhang Luo saw the pedestrians on the other side of Liang, they all hid far away.
Some people even turned away and did not dare to look at the business.
It seems that these people have a really bad reputation.
Zhang Luo asked puzzledly:
"Since they are so annoying."
"Why does the government still let them transport food?"
Zhang Changwei explained:
"These big guys are just powerful wallflowers."
"It's much better than some grain merchants in the county."
"At least I won't be the one who steals the food from the officials."
"His fists were only used against us civilians."
It turns out that they are still bully and afraid of evil.
But there is a group of gangsters clearing the way.
The people who followed behind were safe.
The entire southeast is now unsettled.
Zhang and Luo were lucky enough to avoid any danger on their way here.
I can't tell if I go back.
Others following behind.
It's the same plan.
They didn't get too close to the grain team.
Just follow him somewhere not too far away.
But it didn't take long.
A noise started coming from the front.
The little fool on the side looked hard in front of him.
Said casually:
"What's going on ahead? Are there any Japanese pirates coming?"
Zhang Luo quickly covered the little kid's crow's mouth.
The word "Japanese pirate" came out as soon as he said it.
People around him were so frightened that they unconsciously took a few steps back.
Zhang Luo apologized to the person next to him:
"I'm sorry, my child is not sensible, so I just talked about it casually."
Zhang Luo let go of Zhang Wangsheng's hand.
He stared at Zhang Wangsheng fiercely and said:
"If you keep talking nonsense, go back to the guard station and I'll ask hundreds of households to deal with you!"
But Zhang Luo still asked Zhang Changwei to be prepared.
Pick up your weapon and be ready to run back at any time.
At the same time, everyone saw some soldiers in military uniforms walking towards the rear.
As he walked, he shouted:
"According to the order from above, check the Japanese pirate spies!"
Zhang Luo saw people around him.
They all showed expressions that were even uglier than when the Japanese pirates arrived.
Zhang Luo looked at Zhang Changwei who was still on the spot and asked:
"Long Viagra, what happened to the county officers and soldiers checking for spies?"
After Zhang Changwei waited for the officers and soldiers around him to leave.
Then he said to Zhang Luo:
"Oh, you can still run away from Japanese pirates and bandits."
"It's hard to leave if you encounter government officers and soldiers."
Zhang Changwei pointed to some officers and soldiers in front and said:
"These officers and soldiers are talking nicely about checking for spies."
"It's just a cover for robbery."
"Their robbery is not much worse than that of Japanese pirates and bandits."
"Last time, my Weili clansmen and I came to the county to purchase goods."
"When I came back, the officers and soldiers robbed half of the goods."
Zhang Luo opened his eyes wide and asked:
"Then the government's grain trucks are also being robbed?"
Zhang Changwei sighed and said:
"The Quanzhou Guard Commander's rank is higher than that of the prefect."
"It's no use asking anyone if they rob you."
Zhang Luo was also at his wits end.
The commander of a government.
They are no different from Japanese pirates.
He engaged in the business of setting up cards to steal money.
The first thing that was robbed was the food from his own government.
Alas, the military command offices of the Ming Dynasty all looked like this.
No wonder the Japanese pirates along the coast are still very serious after so long.
This chapter has been completed!